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The Effect of Sand Movement on the Surface Wind

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WE can now examine the changes which occur in the wind when it blows over a mobile surface of loose sand; and compare the new velocity distribution with that which would be produced by the same sand if it were prevented from moving. It may be clearest to begin with the experiment by which these changes were discovered.

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Bagnold, R.A. (1973). The Effect of Sand Movement on the Surface Wind. In: The Physics of Blown Sand and Desert Dunes. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-5682-7_5

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